Re: media centre build

2010-04-23 Thread bryn mitchell
, 5-5-5-18 2.5", Samsung 160GB, SATA 5400rpm, 8MB Cache, HM160HI One concern I have is whether the 5400 rpm HDD is adequate or if I need a 7200 rpm HDD to record TV etc. Adios! Bryn Mitchell From: Chris Debenham To: bryn mitchell Cc: ubuntu-au Sent

Re: media centre build

2010-04-18 Thread bryn mitchell
fridge). I don't know the name of the function but it allows you to catch up to the current time in theĀ game / show (I think by using the time in the add's). From: Chris Debenham To: bryn mitchell Cc: ubuntu-au Sent: Mon, 19 April, 2010 8:12:38 AM S

Re: media centre build

2010-04-18 Thread bryn mitchell
#x27;s USB). From: Chris Debenham To: bryn mitchell Cc: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Sun, 18 April, 2010 6:20:55 PM Subject: Re: media centre build I use an ASRock ION 330 for media centre duties (replacing a mac mini) Costs about $350 - just add disk and a usb tu

media centre build

2010-04-18 Thread bryn mitchell
I am going to get / build a media centre. I could buy a MAC Mini which seems just about ready to go out of the box or I could go thru the project of a Linux equivalent. I want to access the net, rip and play (thru a sound system) music, record and replay digital TV, play DVD's / Blue Ray, etc t

Fw: multi media on Karmic Koala

2010-01-01 Thread bryn mitchell
- Forwarded Message From: bryn mitchell To: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Sun, 27 December, 2009 7:51:43 PM Subject: multi media on Karmic Koala I have a need to turn many hours of digital video tape taken on my Panasonic NV-GS400 digital video camera into DVD's and al

multi media on Karmic Koala

2009-12-27 Thread bryn mitchell
I have a need to turn many hours of digital video tape taken on my Panasonic NV-GS400 digital video camera into DVD's and also to store the projects in a standards based format (not propriety as with Windows and Apple) that does not take up huge disk space (as with AVI). I have done some basic i

Re: Karmic Koala takes long time to load

2009-12-27 Thread bryn mitchell
Fawcett To: bryn mitchell Cc: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Sun, 27 December, 2009 1:42:01 PM Subject: Re: Karmic Koala takes long time to load Hey Bryn, The flash cursor gives me a little more information so thanks for that. :) Sounds like the hard drive isn't being detected during st

Re: Karmic Koala takes long time to load

2009-12-26 Thread bryn mitchell
ation. Yesterday I had to do a number of re-starts to get the OS to load. From: David Fawcett To: bryn mitchell Cc: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Sat, 26 December, 2009 5:57:37 PM Subject: Re: Karmic Koala takes long time to load On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 8:26 AM,

Karmic Koala takes long time to load

2009-12-25 Thread bryn mitchell
Running Karmic Koala. Sometimes the operating system either takes a very long time to load or requires one or more restarts. This is not always the case but it seems to be happening more often. Computer is Dell Inspiron 6400 laptop, Bios revision A12, MM064 series. Advice gratefully received.

hardy heron, dell 6400 & wide screen TV

2009-11-07 Thread bryn mitchell
i am running hardy heron on a Dell inspiron 6400 and want to connect it to a wide screen panasonic HDTV via a VGA connection. the closest resolution i can use is 1280x768 but it still leaves about 40% of the desktop display off the television display. it re-positions the task bar up the laptop m